Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 22:27:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: BIOS documentation
To: alh AT engr DOT engr DOT uark DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, Ron Grunwald wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I could get any detailed documentation on all the
>> BIOS interrupts?
>
>    By far the most complete book I`ve seen on this and DOS function 
>calls is "DOS Programmers Reference" by Que publishing.  Make sure it's 
>the 4th edition.  It covers just in it's reference section, DOS, BIOS, 
>LIM, DPMI, and a host of other software interrupt routines.  Best of all 
>the first half of the book is devoted to showing you how to use them. :)
>
>    Another book that I don't have, but others have recommended is I 
>think the PC Source Book or something like that.  All you have to do to 
>find this one is just look for the largest book on the shelf in your 
>favorite book store.. :)  This one, in addition to interrupt reference, 
>includes a fairly adiquate i/o port reference covering most of the 
>standard i/o port assignments (e.g. vga, fdisk, kdb, etc..)

As long as we're on the subject of large books, there is another book that
often comes in handy:  _PC Intern_ by Michael Tischer (published by Abacus)
[ISBN 1-55755-145-6].  It covers a _lot_ of system stuff, both documented and
otherwise, including a fairly comprehensive BIOS section (especially video
BIOS).  It's fairly good, but is a bit terse, and the translation from the
original German is a bit thin in spots.  Nevertheless, I like it pretty well. 
I have also noticed a second edition, updated to include some recent
developments, but I felt that the changes probably weren't significant enough
to justify shelling out another $60 (US).  YMMV.
>
>    The last place you can find such a beast is the afore mentioned 
>interrupt list by R. Brown.

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